ADTRAN Acquires CommScope’s Active Fiber Access Product Lines
September 14 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Integration expands leading Software Defined
Access solution to Cable MSOs
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation open networking solutions, announced today that it
has acquired key fiber access products, technologies and service
relationships from subsidiaries of CommScope, Inc. (NASDAQ:COMM).
This acquisition will enhance ADTRAN’s solutions for the cable MSO
industry and will provide cable operators with the scalable
solutions, services and support they require to compete in the
multi-gigabit service delivery market.
The key components of the acquisition include:
- Active EPON and 10G-EPON product
platforms, which include infrastructure and customer premises
equipment that deliver CableLabs® DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON
(DPoE) certification – ADTRAN will now sell, support, and develop
these product lines for new and existing MSO customers; and
- Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG)
product line, including patented optical beat interference (OBI)
mitigated versions – ADTRAN will leverage this HFC and FTTP
bridging technology to help customers deliver high-bandwidth
services and applications in specific situations, including rural
and low-density greenfield deployments.
“The transition of these active product lines to ADTRAN sharpens
both companies’ focus to benefit our customers and the cable
industry as a whole,” said Jim Hughes, CommScope’s vice president
of North American MSO sales. “As a global leader in fiber optics
for wired and wireless networks, CommScope will continue providing
passive PON solutions to the MSO and service provider market,
including its optical closures, optical terminals and drops, and
other passive accessories, along with its robust portfolio of
innovative fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) offerings. CommScope has a
strong commitment to helping MSO and service providers evolve their
networks. We believe ADTRAN’s acquisition of these active fiber
product lines will provide existing customers and prospects with
the R&D, professional services and customer support structure
they need as they move their broadband networks forward.”
“Our goal is to help our customers build and offer competitive
broadband solutions, and this acquisition demonstrates our
commitment to the MSO customer base,” said Robert Conger, Associate
Vice President, Cloud and Portfolio Strategy. “Our unique access
domain expertise, combined with our relentless focus on innovation
and customer satisfaction, creates a tremendous amount of value
that our customers are leveraging to build the next generation
access networks, applications and services. We look forward to
building on CommScope’s successes with these product lines as we
integrate these products into our MosaicTM family of
software-defined networking (SDN) solutions to help MSOs migrate to
a more open, programmable access environment.”
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.adtran.com.
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ADTRAN, Inc.Roger D. Shannon, 256-963-8775SVP of Finance &
CFOroger.shannon@adtran.comorConnect2 Communications, Inc for
ADTRANRichard M. Williams, 919-435-9110rmwilliams@connect2comm.com
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